Sustainability

A UNSW professor has highlighted the importance of establishing a circular economy as today’s fashion brands produce almost twice the volume of clothes as before the year 2000. 

Valiant, a carbon-neutral furniture hire and styling company, has unveiled three new eco-friendly product lines to combat “fast furniture” that has become a global landfill problem. 

Australia’s national science agency CSIRO has published a new book that sheds light on the innovative and impactful ways communities throughout the world are addressing the plastic pollution challenge.

Metro Tasmania is set to conduct trials of three battery electric buses in Launceston and three hydrogen fuel cell electric buses in Hobart for up to three years, according to Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Michael Ferguson, with Foton Mobility as one of its suppliers. 

Researchers from the University of Queensland have developed a new type of sinter capable of reducing carbon emissions in the iron and steelmaking industry.

Advance ZincTek, an Australian manufacturer of natural Sunscreen Actives, has launched a world-first solar-powered, non-nano zinc oxide powder for SPF-rated cosmetics and sunscreens. 

Pact Group, Australia’s leading plastic recycler and sustainable packaging manufacturer, has ventured into a partnership with ALDI Australia to provide recycled plastic packaging materials for some of the retail giant’s brand products. 

Boral Limited, a leading construction materials company in Australia, is delivering over 2,000 tonnes of sustainable pavement material to the country's largest crumbed rubber asphalt demonstration project. 

Battery manufacturer Talga Group announced that the European Investment Bank (EIB) board has approved €150 million (AUD 239 million) senior debt funding to underpin Talga’s Vittangi Anode Project in Sweden.

An Australian-first project in New South Wales has seen biomethane injected into the gas network, which can be used in those manufacturing processes that currently rely on gas for heat.